11 NOVEMBER 1972, page 12

Wires Crossed

From Raymond Fletcher MP Sir: Tom Puzzle, unusually for him, got his wires badly crossed when he wrote about me in your issue of November 4. I have been arguing for the......

Naming Names

Sir: Dr Leavis will be relieved to hear that the appearance of his name in my review of Laurence Lerner's The Uses of Nostalgia was neither ' gratuitous' nor designed to call......

That Pest

Sir: With reference to Tom Puzzle's column (October 28) I must point out that the "curious student organisation" PEST, has as its Patron, Mr Peter Walker, its Vice-Presidents......

Cruelty To Animals

From Miss Jane Hilary Sir: Every year tens of thousands of cattle and sheep are exported from the UK for immediate slaughter or slaughter after further fattening. Those for......

Collusion

From A ir Vice-Marshal R. 1. Jones Sir: Your ' Notebook ' (November 4) hits the nail on the head with the clear-cut statement — "What we must now agree is that Arab countries of......

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

This is the time of year when all good racing correspondents roam around the stables with a practised eye and well-thumbed formbook before bouncing up with twelve gilt-edged......